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FLORIDA NO FAR COUNTRY 

O many people in the North, Florida 
seems a far-off country, and a visit to 
it entails as much preparation and ex- 
pense as a trip to the Pacific Coast or 
Europe. All do not realize that they 
can come here and return home within 
a week. It is less than a thousand 
miles from Palatka to the center of 
population in the United States (see maps), and 
within a radius of 1,500 miles will be found all the chief 
cities of the eastern half of the Union, and more than 
two-thirds of the population. 

PALATKA OF EASY ACCESS 

Palatka is easy to reach, at the head of deep-water 
navigation on the St. Johns, to which steamers and 
sailing vessels come for products of our mills and 
factories; besides, there are four different railroad 
systems, radiating in seven directions: the Atlantic 
Coast Line, the Georgia Southern & Florida ( Southern 
Railway), the Florida East Coast Line, and the Ocala 



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f^ \ numerous freight trains daily. Only one other point in 
?/ Florida equals Palatka in transportation facilities. 





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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL CLASSES 

Palatka has good hotels, desirable apartments for 
light housekeeping, large rooming and boarding houses 
and fine restaurants. The Putnam House, with 300 
rooms, is one of the most spacious and comfortable to 
be found outside of the largest cities of the South, while 
the Saratoga, Kupperbusch, Arlington, Howell, Met- 
calf. Riverside, Kimball, Bennett, and others can take 
care of many guests. 



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G. M. Davis & Son, Manufacturers ov Cypress Tanks, stioioi. Towers. Silos, 

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One op the Four Cigar Factories 

„. ^ Selden Cypress Door Factory. Largest in U. S. A. 

WILSON Cypress Mill. Largest in Florida, and Second Largest in U. S. A. 



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Putnam House. Capacity 300. open the Year Round 

A Day's Catch on the St. Johns Near Palatka 

A Winter Morning's Catch of Bass on the St. Johns at Palatka 

Ducks Killed on the St. Johns by Guests of the Putnam House 



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OcEAN-GoiNG Lumber Sciioonlr'^ at Paiatka 

NUMEROUS RESORTS NEAR PALATKA 

There are hundreds of pleasure spots which dot 
Florida's sea-swept shores — which border the many 
waterways banked with tropical vegetation — which 
adorn the restful orange-lined inland retreats, easily 
and quickly reached from Paiatka. St. Augustine is 
28 miles distant, Daytona 54 miles. Silver Springs 48 
miles by rail and 120 miles by steamer. Green Cove 
Springs 25 miles. Crescent City 23 miles. Federal Point 
12 miles, Hastings 9 miles, San Mateo 6 miles, Welaka 
22 miles. Orange Springs 29 miles, Gainesville 50 miles, 
Jacksonville 55 miles, with many points intermediate. 

Good country roads, leading off to orange groves 
and truck gardens, to pretty lakes, rural retreats, forest 
glens, rose gardens and restful spots — and the only 
camphor plantation, 2,000 acres, in the United States 
— afford automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, carriages, 
equestrians and pedestrians easy traveling. 




The Water Front at Palatka. Only Traffic Bridge Across the 

St. Johns 



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PALATKA A MODERN CITY 

Palatka is sanitary, with good sewerage, water works 
(soft water), electric and gas plants, ice factory, public 
library, well-stocked stores, churches, schools, and more 
miles of brick-paved streets, 9 — more miles of concrete 
sidewalks, 20 — more printing offices, 7 — with good daily 
and weekly papers — than can be found in any city 
of the same size in the country; besides neighboring at- 
tractions in variety sufficient to keep the visitor busy all 
winter with constant change. There are no saloons and 
the town is a good one in which to live. All the leading 
fraternal societies are represented. Band concerts are 
regular street events. 



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AGRICULTURAL PALATKA 

Tributary to our city is "Florida's Potato Patch" — 
(the Palatka-Hastings district) — from which 1,600 
cars of winter-grown potatoes went North last season, 
while the orange and grapefruit groves sent away 
nearly 400,000 boxes. Thousands of acres of virgin 
lands are available to farmers, fruit growers, truckers, 
dairymen, stock raisers and poultry fanciers. Vege- 
tation is not limited to one class of plants, for trees 
and grasses and roots and vines of many kinds flourish 
with beauty and flavor that bless and cheer the in- 
dustrious husbandman. Every month in Florida sup- 
plies something for the table or market. 



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Eaising Celery on Farm Near Palatk 



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THE PALATKA CLIMATE 

The climate of Palatka and Florida is Nature's Smile 
and goes with the land. There is no season when all 
Nature is at rest. Winter is only such in name. It is 
the northern Indian Summer. In the North the winter 
is a time of cold and snow and ice with attendant cost 
and discomfort. In Florida ice is made in factories. 



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ECTiox OF Camphor Plantation, 2,000 Acres, Near Palatka. Only 
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^''''»'lTZ^ Ox the St. Johns River — A Thousand Miles of Navigable Inland 
Waters, Tributary to Palatka. Finest River on the Continent 
FOR Yachting, House-Boating, and Fishing 



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In Florida winter is a time of growth, with fresh vege- 
tables and ripe strawberries, and bush and vine radiant 
with flowers, and one can work in the garden or go 
fishing. 

There are no extreme and violent changes of tempera- 
ture. Expensive, frost-proof houses, heavy clothing 
and overshoes are not necessary. The summer is never 
oppressive. Sunstrokes and sultry nights unknown. 
There is no more healthful climate anywhere. Temper- 
ature ranges from 30 degrees in winter to 95 degrees 
in the summer. Annual mean 70 degrees. Rainfall 
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PALATKA A CENTER OF UNUSUAL 
INTEREST 

If you want to see Florida from many viewpoints 
in a short time, come directly to Palatka. Putnam 
county has several hundred lakes, with good fishing and 
hunting. Palatka is located on Florida's largest river, 
the St. Johns, with daily steamer lines, and has the only 
wagon bridge across it. All points on the East and 
West coast are easily reached from Palatka. The 
mighty St. Johns and tributaries afford more than a 
thousand miles of inland navigation, including the 





Torpedo Boats of the United States Navy at the Palatka Whabf, 
ON the St. Johns 



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"Abtesia" ox the St. Johns Riveb Near Palatka 

winding Oklawaha to Silver Springs, one of the most 
popular and famous trips in America. Two steamer 
lines run from Palatka to Silver Springs during the 
winter season. General U. S. Grant, Grover Cleve- 
land, Henry Ward Beecher, and other distinguished 
people have enjoyed this wonderful trip. 

INDUSTRIAL PALATKA 

Palatka has mills and factories of such interest, im- 
portance and capacity that motion-picture concerns 
have voluntarily made films of them in operation, and 
now being exhibited in the show houses of the country. 
Several of our industries and wholesale houses, with 
large payrolls, are the most important in the South. 
With raw material in abundance and the best of trans- 
portation, Palatka offers inducements for new in- 
dustries. Water regulates freight rates, and provides 
lower rates than possible in towns served solely by rail, 
Palatka is a natural jobbing and distributing point. 
Newcomers can buy homes in Palatka on monthly pay- 
ments, same as rent, and outside capital can be pro- 
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AND FINALLY 

For detailed information about Palatka and Putnam 
county, write for the Palatka Board of Trade Review. 
Any questions you may ask will be promptly and cheer- 
fully answered. Ask your nearest city ticket agent, 
railroad or steamship, for tickets direct to Palatka. 

Homeseekers' excursions are run on the 1st and 3d 
Tuesday in certain months, from the Potomac and 
Ohio river gateways, at $25 for the round trip. Special 
round-trip tickets are sold by northern and eastern rail- 
roads, during the winter, concerning which write to the 
Palatka Board of Trade, or else ask your local ticket 
agents. 

When you reach Palatka and you are not convinced 
that it is the place you are looking for, you will be given 
hearty good speed and best wishes to any other of the 
many good towns and communities in Florida. 



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Fboxt Entrance to Putnam County Courthouse, Palatka 

Paid Fire Department Motor Engine, Palatka 

Excellent Waterworks System, with High-Pressure Fire Protection, 

AND Pure Water Service for House Use 



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FLORIDA'S STRATEGIC LOCATION 

Florida is in the front yard of the United States. It has the longest 
salt-water coast of any of the states. It is nearest to the West Indies 
and South America, and, through the Panama Canal, it has closest 
access to the Pacific Ocean. Ships can sail from Palatka and other 
Florida ports to all continents and islands of the earth. It is the best 
favored of any state in the Union in this respect, and that's some. 
The outline map herewith shows where it is "at." 

Florida is a peninsula which juts down into the sea in the shape of 
a huge finger, as if to beckon all the world to its balmy shores, 
generous living opportunities, and gentle skies. It is truly the winter 
playground and summer solace of America. For while the Northern 
states are covered with snow and people there burning up their 
summer savings to keep the fires going, and thawing out the water 
pipes, "us folks" in Florida are in the heyday of out-door life, pluck- 
ing flowers and oranges, boat riding and catching fish, and eating ripe 
strawberries and fresh garden vegetables. 

Trips for rest and recreation 
are now no longer considered as 
luxuries, but have become neces- 
sities to all classes. The human 
being can stand a good deal, but 
when badly treated the abused 
nature demands its dues, and 
when suffering it looks for a 
place of rehabilitation. The 
haven for the jaded and worn 
American, who does not wish to 
leave his own country, is Florida. 
And why should he when Florida 
is so near? 

Fortunate, indeed, is America 
to have within its limits a region 
where one can in a day's Journey 
be able to turn winter into 
summer. 

The center of population in 
the United States is shown by 
the star. Florida is nearer to It 
by one-half than any other 
winter resort. Florida has a 
strategic location from many 
viewpoints. 




